A college senior at HBCU St. Augustine is slated to graduate this Sunday but won’t be able to walk because of something he posted on Facebook. Roman Caple said that the vice president of student affairs at the college told him it was based on a Facebook post on his profile that “jeopardized the integrity […]
LONDON –With President Obama releasing his birth certificate, many Americans both Republican and Democrat knew that the “birther” conversation was now dead. But many Americans knew Republicans would come up with something else and the UK Daily Mail took the first step saying why Obama was so scared to release the certificate – his father. […]
A study from the Economic Policy Institute shows that the African-American unemployment rate in Michigan in 2010 was 47 percent higher than the 15.9 percent national average of unemployment for African-Americans. Mlive.com reports: African Americans in Michigan have experienced unemployment rates of 20 percent or higher in virtually every quarter since early 2009, including a […]
RALEIGH, NC — Kristen Brown, a Shaw University senior witnessed her campus being destroyed by a tornado just less than two weeks before graduation, and shared her traumatic story with My 927 Charlotte, a Radio One station in North Carolina.
Close to 300 people have been killed in the devastating tornadoes that hit Alabama this week. President Obama touched down in the state today and said he has never seen “devastation” like this before. Many Americans have been hurt by this tragic turn of events; but many African Americans have also been affected. There are […]
NORWALK, Connecticut – A homeless Connecticut woman is being charged with larceny for using her friend’s address to illegally enroll her son in Brookside Elementary School outside his respective school district. The Root reports: According to the Stamford Advocate, this is the first time Connecticut has prosecuted a parent for sending a child outside of […]
An article on The Grio discusses the way in which the term “pause” has become the new phrase used to clear up the homosexual implications of one’s words or actions, much in the same way as “no homo.” Click here to read The Grio article: It’s not as obviously homophobic as Kobe Bryant’s f-word insult […]
NEW YORK– Donald Trump’s New York real estate company was sued by the federal government for discriminating against potential black renters, according to Salon.com.
NEW YORK– An 8-year-old boy took his father’s loaded 9-mm handgun to a Queens school Thursday and sold it to a classmate for $3, cops said.
TUCSON– Tucson University students took over a Tuesday board meeting that was set to make a decision on whether to keep the Ethnic Studies program.
PHILADELPHIA-Christopher Abreu a student at the Ivy League School, University Of Pennsylvania has written an article urging minorities not to attend his school after a racist incident. The Pennsylvania caller reports: “I’m looking for fried chicken,” he continued. “You look like someone who knows where you can get fried chicken.” I needed to remove myself […]
Video Below Black patrons at the 4Play nightclub in Buffalo, New York this past Saturday are alleging that they were kicked out because there were “too many Black people” in the venue. At 11 p.m., security and the club manager were reportedly overheard by both white and Black residents saying that they needed to throw […]
